Principal Consultant Networking

Zaventem - Belgium

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 23 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Location: Belgium - Zaventem Job-ID: 217089 Contract type: Business Unit: Technicians

Life on the team

A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join our dynamic and fast-growing Consultancy Practice within Computacenter. Were looking for a seasoned Networking Consultant who thrives in complex environments enjoys variety and knows how to turn business requirements into elegant resilient network solutions.

Computacenter is experiencing strong growth across all networking technology services and this role is perfectly suited to someone who enjoys working with enterprise customers shaping strategy and delivering advanced networking solutions that actually work in the real world.

While deep technical expertise and relevant certifications are essential Computacenter is equally committed to continuous professional development. Youll work on highly complex genuinely interesting projects while receiving targeted training to keep your skills sharp and your career moving forward.

What youll do

As a Principal Consultant you will operate both as part of a team and as a technical lead taking ownership from initial concept through to delivery.

Your responsibilities will include:

Enterprise Project Delivery

Design advisory and technical guidance
Detailed design development and solution delivery
Ownership of high-level designs to ensure solutions are correctly documented and implemented

Pre-Sales & Solution Shaping

Requirements gathering and technical workshops
Solution definition and architecture
Technical costings and estimations
Governance representation and stakeholder engagement

Customer Engagement

On-site customer-facing consultancy activities
Building and maintaining strong trusted customer relationships
Delivering outcome-based solutions (not just diagrams)

Professional Excellence

Production of high-quality technical documentation
Strong personal time quality and workload management
Confident presentations to both technical and non-technical audiences
Excellent troubleshooting and diagnostic skills

What youll need

Minimum 10 years experience as a consultant within a professional services organisation
Strong background in traditional enterprise networking supported by vendor certifications
Hands-on expertise delivering both traditional and advanced network solutions
Broad understanding of network security principles and architectures
Proven experience leading or contributing to pre-sales engagements
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in Dutch French and English
Experience facilitating workshops to capture and steer customer requirements

Exposure to Advanced & Emerging Technologies

You will have experience with (or strong exposure to):

Software Defined Networking (SDN)
Network Security
Network Automation & Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Cloud Networking and Security
Network Observability

Technical Capabilities

Expected Certifications

Cisco CCNP Routing & Switching
Cisco CCNP Security
Palo Alto PCSNE or Fortinet FNCSE
Cisco ACI and/or VMware NSX-T (VCP-NV) design and delivery

Desirable Networking Experience

Zscaler Zero Trust Certified Associate (ZTCA)
HP Aruba wireless and networking design & delivery
HP Aruba ClearPass
Cisco ThousandEyes (qualification deployment optimisation)
Cisco SD-WAN (Meraki and/or Viptela)
Cisco ISE
Cisco SDA / DNA Center
Extreme Networks
Tufin and/or Skybox
Forescout IT/OT
Cloud networking and security solutions
SASE implementations (e.g. Zscaler ZTNA)

Desirable Programmability Experience

Terraform
Ansible
Python
Jenkins

About us

We are a leading independent technology and services provider trusted by large corporate and public sector organisations. We are a responsible business that believes in winning together for our people and our planet. We help our customers to source transform and manage their technology infrastructure to deliver digital transformation enabling people and their business.

Our business may be about technology but first of all its about people

With over 20000 people across 22 countries we are proud of our inclusive culture - where everyone can thrive feel valued and truly belong.

As an equal opportunities employer were committed to ensuring fair and equal access to opportunities for all. Your application will be considered on its merits regardless of your age disability ethnicity gender identity or any other characteristics protected by law. What matters most to us is that you share our vision and values and bring the experience and skills were looking for.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We welcome applications from disabled people and accept applications in alternative formats. We also guarantee to interview applicants who have a disability.

If you share our values and want to make a meaningful impact in a supportive forward-thinking environment - wed love to hear from you!

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Staff IC

Location: Belgium - Zaventem Job-ID: 217089 Contract type: Business Unit: TechniciansLife on the teamA fantastic opportunity has arisen to join our dynamic and fast-growing Consultancy Practice within Computacenter. Were looking for a seasoned Networking Consultant who thrives in complex environ...